Advocacy ad takes aim at Obama hype

The latest advocacy group ad in the presidential race jumps on the growing sense in some quarters that Democrat Barack Obama is getting a little full of himself -- and the continuing critique that Obama is the beneficiary of a infatuated press.

The spot by Citizens United has Obama declaring, "We are the change that we seek," then shows a series of commentators criticizing the hype surrounding him.

Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell says: "It is only when you begin to peel back the layers that you begin to see a disturbing pattern."

MSNBC commentator Tucker Carlson adds: "Well, the press loves Obama. I mean, not just love, but an early teenage crush."

Political strategist Dick Morris chimes in: "He is representative of the ultimate left of the Democratic party. Vast increases in taxes."

Conservative Joe Watkins says: "Big government doesn't help people. And it certainly hasn't helped the people in my congregation."

The ad ends with Obama saying: "We are the ones we've been waiting for."

The group, though, may be speaking to the choir with its ad, which promotes an upcoming anti-Obama documentary, by airing it on Fox News Channel.

Commentators, including Globe columnist Joan Vennochi, have remarked on signs of presumptuousness by the presumptive Democratic nominee, including his decision to accept the nomination in a huge football stadium in Denver, rather than the typical convention hall.

Republicans are highlighting any perceived hint of arrogance. This morning, the Republican National Committee sent out a report by the Politico website about an exchange between reporters and an Obama adviser about Obama’s speech Thursday in Berlin that is expected to draw a crowd of thousands.

“It is not going to be a political speech,” said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background, Politico reported. “When the president of the United States goes and gives a speech, it is not a political speech or a political rally."

“But he is not president of the United States,” a reporter reminded the adviser.